The Route of the Hiawatha- Section Gangs

Patrolling for problems on the track was the job of the section foreman and his “section gang” of 2 to 7 hardy laborers.

In the early 1900s the Milwaukee Road’s mainline was divided into 5.5 to 9.5 mile-long sections. A “gang” ...

Cottonwood River Bridges at Cottonwood Falls

The first major bridge at Cottonwood Falls was a 150 foot long iron truss bridge constructed in 1872. The iron bridge was just west of the present arch bridge.

The present bridge was constructed in 1914 by the Missouri Valley Bridge ...

Hirshfeld House

Henry Hirshfeld (1834-1911), a native of Germany, was a prominent Austin merchant and a leader in the city’s Jewish community. In 1873 he and his wife Jennie (Melasky) built a one-story limestone cottage on the lot west of this site. ...

Headquarters of Major General George G. Meade

Headquarters

of

Major General

George G. Meade

Commanding

Army of the Potomac

Marker can be reached from Taneytown Road (State Highway 134), on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Route of the Hiawatha- Tunneling Toward Tacoma

Snaking its railroad down the western side of the Bitterroot Mountains, the Milwaukee Road burrowed 16 tunnels to maintain a uniform grade down to Avery.

These tunnels were dug largely by hand using sledgehammers and hand drills. In some cases steam-powered ...

Headquarters of Brigadier General Henry Hunt

Headquarters

of

Brig-General

Henry J. Hunt

Chief of Artillery

Army of the Potomac

July 2,3,4,5,

1863

Marker is on Taneytown Road (State Highway 134), on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

"Fish House"

of Sir Wm. Johnson 1500

ft. northeast of this marker

built 1762. Village derived

name from lodge. Burned

by Tories and Indians, 1781

Marker is at the intersection of South Shore Road (County Route 110) and Fish House Road (County Route 109), on the right ...

Hirshfeld Cottage

German native Henry Hirshfeld (1834-1911) migrated to the United States at the age of fifteen. After working with his two uncles in Mobile, Alabama, he moved to Georgetown (28 mi. N), where he enlisted in the Confederate Army.

Following his service ...

Battle of Falling Waters

Crockett-Porterfield House

On the morning of July 2, 1861, Federal troops under Gen. Robert Patterson crossed the Potomac River from Maryland and marched toward Martinsburg. Confederate Col. Thomas J. Jackson’s command marched from Camp Stephens, four miles north of town, to ...

Schuyler Colfax House

This house, which is Wayne’s oldest, was built in 1695 by Ardent Schuyler, one of the leaders of the original settlement. William Colfax, who married Hester Schuyler in 1783, gave the house the Colfax name.

Marker is on Hamburg Turnpike (U.S. ...